A Chilly Week!

Student Word Goals for the New Year!

Opinion Writing

Students were introduced to a graphic organizer called, "OREO".  This is a format used when writing about an opinion.  0 - Opinion

                              R - Reason

                              E - Examples

                              0 - Opinion

Afterwards, they had to share their opinions about OREO cookies.  There may have been a celebration with OREO cookies afterwards.  We will continue this type of writing throughout the week.  

Nunavut

We read a special book called, "Hide and Sneak" by Michael Kusugak.  This is a story about a little girl who wanders too far into the Tundra, and discovers that an Inukshuk is a landmark that symbolizes home.  

Math

We continued to practice double digit addition without regrouping.  We focused on completing our questions by stacking the numbers on top of each other.  Tomorrow we will begin to look at questions that require regrouping. 

The Lion King!

We are very excited to invite students in Grades 1 through 4 to join the musical production of Disney’s “The Lion King Kids” .


Rehearsals will begin on Tuesday, January 21st, 2020 and will continue to take place every Tuesday AND Thursday. Students MUST bring their lunches on rehearsal days. Rehearsals will take place from 11:45 – 12:15 every Tuesday and Thursday at lunch.


If your son or daughter is interested in performing in the musical, the form below will need to be filled out and returned to the Mrs. Bourgeois by Friday, January 17th, 2020. 


***The final production will take place on Thursday, April 30th in the evening at the First Alliance Church. Ticket information will come out closer to the date***


Should you have any questions regarding the musical please do not hesitate to contact me hmbourgeois@cbe.ab.ca. Thank you in advance for your support and we are looking forward to embarking on this musical adventure together!


Cheers,
Mrs. Bourgeois and Auburn Bay Staff

Lion King Parent Letter

Gymnastics

Students will be studying gymnastics during Phys Ed from Tuesday, January 7^th till Thursday, January 24^th.

*Please wear clothing that is easy to move in and comfortable. Sweats and a t-shirt are great clothing options (Remembering not to have TOO loose of a top on)

*Please try to avoid dresses or skirts 

*If you have long hair please try your best to have it in a ponytail so that it does not go in your face

Alissa Miller

Phys. ED Specialist

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!  It sounds like everyone had a wonderful break, full of adventures in the snow and time with family and friends.

This week we will focus in on our winter break and do some writing using the 5Ws (who, what, when, where, why).  Students will practice editing their work, and will have the opportunity to participate in some peer editing.

In Math we reviewed place value, and how to represent two digit numbers using Base 10 Blocks.  Some of us had forgotten over the holiday.  For example, this image represents the number 35.  (3 tens, and 5 ones).

After reviewing place value, we looked at adding two numbers together using our blocks.  This was fun!

We ended the day with a special task of coming up with just one word to describe something we would like to work on in the New Year.  Student word goals for the New Year included words such as; share, kind, read, math, calm, responsible, play and visit.  A common theme with the students seemed to be doing things at home other than technology.  I'll post some pictures in the next couple of days of the finished product.

Tomorrow we begin learning about the community of Nunavut!  Stay tuned....

Pajama Day!

It's PJ day tomorrow!  Students are welcome to wear a favorite pair of pajamas to school.  They are also welcome to bring a small stuffy.


A reminder that it's early dismissal tomorrow!

December 8, 2019

Last week we studied a famous artist named Piet Mondrian.  He is best known for his abstract art made from lines and the primary colors.  We created our own Mondrian inspired pieces using squares and rectangles.  Here are just a few!

December 2, 2019

We began our day with a discussion about our weekends.  So much to be excited for as Christmas gets closer!

In Music we are busy practicing for our concert next week.  The evening show is on December 10th at 5:00.  Parents are also welcome to attend the Dress Rehearsal in the afternoon which begins at 1:15.  More parking, less crowded!  Please let me know if you have any questions!

Our new words of the week are:  every, people, once, family, should

In Math, we have been busy learning about 3D shapes.  Tomorrow we will create a Prairie landscape using 3D shapes.  Pictures to come!  In Science we talked about our new topic, MAGNETS!  We are excited to learn and explore with magnets!